Mark Cuban lawsuit launches UFL death watch

Posted by Mike Florio on January 13, 2011, 11:42 AM EDT

As if the failure of the UFL to issue final paychecks to its players on a timely basis (as of New Year’s Day many players still hadn’t been paid) and the abrupt announcement that the Florida Tuskers would be going the way of the dodo bird weren’t enough to signal that the UFL may not be around to take advantage of the extra attention that would arise from an NFL work stoppage in 2011, here’s the clearest sign yet that the two-year-old league is in trouble.

According to the Dallas Observer, Cuban loaned the league that amount last year, with an understanding that it would be paid back by October 6. The due date later was shifted to December 1, 2010.

December 1 came and went, and Cuban promptly demanded full payment. He hasn’t gotten it, so Cuban has filed a federal lawsuit aimed at recovering his money.

The four-page legal filing, perhaps one of the shortest and simplest civil complaints ever filed, explains that Cuban’s HDnet (which televises UFL games . . . or maybe that should be in the past tense) loaned $5 million to the UFL on April 7. The suit was filed against UFL co-owner William Hambrecht and his revocable trust, which guaranteed the loan.

I hope UFL does not go away, I love it.
I like it cause its not players who are really terrible who should be playing flag football.
These players are better than arena leauge players and can play with any NFL team.
Culpepper is alot better than than most qbs in the NFL

@freedomispopular – Culpepper isn’t starting in the NFL because his agent sucks (he’s his own agent). I think he could still be a serviceable QB in the NFL. Or at the very least a more than competent backup.